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Old Spoon, sterling pendant/necklace and a 43-D Merc.

TommNJ

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Picked up a Garrett AT Pro in January this year and starting to get a little better with it after using a Whites IDX Pro for 15 plus years, this Friday I managed these decent finds. The pendant and necklace are mark sterling, the spoon I think is sterling(?, age?). The spoon stamping has the letters TR, a circle, a 6 pointed star, and an eagle, total weight is 2.57 oz. for both. The Merc was hiding in some roots of a large tree, the spoon and necklace were found in a little strip of woods in a busy town. Sorry the pics aren't the best but any help with the spoons age would be appreciated, thanks for looking!

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Nice finds. Congrats
 
Great bunch of finds. I call that a good day!!!!!!
 
I’ve found a number of spoons in that style at mid 1800’s sites. I would guess your spoon is 150 years old or more. I believe you can decipher more information based on the stampings as well, but I am not the expert in that area.
 
Nice finds! :icon_thumleft: I really like the cross.
 
Nice find, congratulations! :occasion14:
 
Maybe a clearer picture of the hallmarks on the spoon, please?
 
Thank you all for your replies and thanks niffler for suggesting clearer pics, their not the best pics but I see now it is a C not a O ( TR C a star an eagle).

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Man that's a tough one. I searched online but the eagle I can't find. The c is probably the date, and the T & R is the maker most likely. https://www.925-1000.com/index.html
 
Ok, I dug some more and the best I can do is that eagle hallmarks seem to be associated with coin silver.
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